The rest of the story (Re: [Milsurplus] Wanted: Case & CW-109Cover for RT-77A/GRC-9

Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:33:55 -0600

I'm very glad you got most of your stuff back, Robert.
Too bad the HPD bumbled the case- no surprise there.
Sure hope I get a "Finder" for my stolen AMA rig...
73 Dave S.

"R. W. Downs - BLB, AL" wrote:
> 
> Well, several of you asked, on or off line, so the sanatized version (no
> names) goes like this.  For the benefit of those of you who don't know the
> background, on Memorial Day, 1999, someone broke into my storage building
> and stole a complete SCR-284 less the vehicular only components, and parts
> of an SCR-694 and AN/GRC-9 (the latter two were a bit more scattered out in
> the storage building, plus some components were still at home where I had
> been sorting out the sets).
> 
> A man, call him Father, was attending a 4th of July celebration in a small
> town on the east side of Houston, and was looking at an AN/GRC-9 that
> someone had set up for display.  Another man, Finder, comes up and says
> that he has a radio like that.  Found it in an abandoned house that he had
> been hired to clean out.  Father gets a name and phone number where Finder
> can be reached, and about a week or so later, buys what Finder brings out
> for $100.  Fathers Son is an HPD detective, and also an MV collector known
> to me (I've sold or repaired GRC stuff for his M38A1).  Son calls Friend to
> come over and look at the radio goodies that Father bought.  Friend is a
> member of the same MV club that I am, and has just received my list of
> stolen items (the club's newsletter editor being out of the country, it
> didn't get sent it out until the first of July).  Everything that Father
> had bought was on the list, except for an RM-29-A that I had failed to
> notice was missing.
> 
> The next morning, Son calls me and I drive across Houston, reimburse
> Father, and carry the bits and pieces home, most somewhat the worse for
> their experience.  Son is supposed to notify the Burglary Division officer
> assigned to my case.  The first time that I checked on it, nothing has been
> done yet.  The next time, Father has lost the phone number and name of
> Finder.  RIP.
> 
> Oh, yeah, Page 2.  Finder told Father that he thought he had the missing
> case for the RT-77A.  Father was supposed to call him and try to get it,
> and didn't, I'm told, because someone in HPD thought it might interfere
> with the "investigation".  @#$%^
> 
> Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected]
> >Bob, i wish you would tell us "the rest of the story" of this theft case.
> Any leads in who did it?
> Hue
> <
> 
> 73
> Robert W. Downs
> <[email protected]>
> Houston, TX/Bayou LaBatre, AL
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